United States Rubber Company

Organization

Biography

The United States Rubber Company formed in 1892 in Naugatuck, Connecticut consolidating nine rubber manufacturing companies. The records of two of those companies are documented in this collection, Boston Rubber Company (founded 1878) and L. Candee and Company (founded 1852 in New Haven). When the Dow Jones Industrial Average debuted in 1896, United States Rubber Company was one of the 12 inaugural industrial manufacturing stocks included. The company was rebranded as Uniroyal, Inc. in 1961, and has operated as a subsidary of Michelin since 1990.

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

United States Rubber Company records

FOUND IN: Baker Library Special Collections and Archives, Harvard Business School

Collection Identifier: Mss:63 1876-1900 U58

Overview:

The records of the United States Rubber Company focusing on the formation of the company in 1892 from the consolidation of nine rubber manufacturing companies.